Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

matthew green wrote:
> it does not matter where the check goes.  move it into
> kauth if it helps others, but, the default netbsd needs
> to be how it has always been, and how all other unixes
> seem to work.
>
> things fail because root can't fork.  that means you 
> might not be able to login on the console.  it really
> is not a good state to be in.

Great, you've addressed the technical aspect. I agree.

Now, about the issue you've elegantly avoided. The NetBSD commit
guidelines in:

        http://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

say, in item #11, "Do not revert other developer's commits".

Let's say I would not catch this commit in source-changes@, and things
would go on, eventually breaking something in the future.

What do you suggest we should do, as a project, for the users, in order
to ensure things don't just "fall apart"?

-e.